Mom knows best! A glass of New Beer Friday has a full weekend supply of vitamin squee! It just what grow'd up boys and girls need. Cheers and have a great end of February.
Jimmy Brown of Fiddler's is in the Radio Pub this afternoon on KUAA. Fiddler's Elbow is an SLC institution! We'll get into the history and what's new at one of our favorite Sugar House haunts. Hit us up at 2pm today (Friday). KUAAfm.org/
Fisher - Nine Years of Nectar: Happy No. 9 to the Fisher team! To celebrate this milestone Fisher created this special Nectaron hopped IPA. It has a stone fruit nose with some herbal hops. Taste follows with nice round peach followed by zest and herbal/grass hops. Firm bitterness rounds it out. The finish is hoppy and lingering. Alcohol is well hidden. 6.5% - Available at Fisher now.
Fisher - Hopsicle: Light aroma, some citrus. From there all the swigs are tangerine forward. A nice brisk tasting pale ale. Finish has a bit of orange along with a pinch of that famous Citra onion flavor. 5.0% Available at Fisher.
RoHa - 222 Sunshine IPA: This Amarillo, Centennial & Citra hop IPA is full of what you’d expect: grapefruit, grass & a hint of pineapple. The malts are nice & toasty with light malt sweetness. The end is dry with a light amount of lingering bitterness. 7.2% - Available today at RoHa.:
Offset - So Out It's In: This version is referred to as "Wet Hop West Coast IPA". So, how is it possible to have a Wet Hop beer in February? Well the fine folks at Yakima Chief Hops figured out how to flash freeze wet hops just off the bine and then run them through their super cold Cryo pelletizing line. They store them frozen and sent them to Offset via overnight delivery on dry ice so they could be put into the brew as soon as they arrived.
This beer features a ton of Simcoe, Columbus, and Mosaic in the kettle and whirlpool in order to lay that resinous WC IPA backbone. Then it was heavily dry hopped with cryo-fresh Citra, Krush, and Mosaic. The result is a dry, bitter, WCIPA with explosive aromatics. Lots of sweet melon and berry notes abound with some citrus and plenty of sticky dankness from the Mosaic. Does it tastes exactly like the fresh hop beers offered during Hop Harvest every year? Not quite, but it's not far off. 7.0% Available at Offset now in cans to-go, and to enjoy onsite.
Home Range - Sobremesa: This oak-aged Botanical Saison has some locally grown botanicals: lemon balm, sage and juniper berries. Brewed with Home Range's unique Saison culture and aged in one of their two oak foeders. This lovely beer starts with light herbal notes on the nose, followed by earthy, herbal, sweet lemon flavors. Ends with a nice white pepper finish and warm gin-like character. 6.7% - Only available at Home Range.
Level Crossing - Broken Knee ESB: Missed this traditional English ESB. 5.0% Only on draft at Level Crossing at The Post.
Shades - First Crush: This cranberry lime sour ale is bright with tart cranberry and lime zest. Lactose rounds it all out with creamy sweetness taking the edge off of the tartness from the cranberries and lime. This looks to be a contract brew and doesn't appear to be made with Shades' trusted Kveik yeast. 6.5% - Available only at DABS stores for now.
If you're curious about what's happening with Shades, here's what I know from my brief correspondence with Trent Fargher, Co-owner of Shades. Shades Brewing is on hold, until a judge rules in their case (which should be soon), construction on their new Evanston, WY brewery is on hold due to the litigation as well. Shades on State is still open, however you may also be aware that their former space on 300 w. in SLC is now the Engine Room Bar Pub and Bistro. It's unclear if Shades will reopen a Utah brewpub, even if the courts decide in their favor. Any thoughts?
Here are this week's Small Batch beers from Hopkins Brewing.
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